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What’s a guy to do on New Year’s Eve when the ambient temperature is -22˚F? Chase Amtrak long-distance trains into the Rocky Mountains, of course! Naturally, Charlie Conway’s effort was rewarded with picture-perfect postcard scenery, dashing diesels, and roads routing along the Union Pacific right-of-way for his final day in Colorado. […]
What’s a guy to do on New Year’s Eve when the ambient temperature is -22˚F? Chase Amtrak long-distance trains into the Rocky Mountains, of course! Naturally, Charlie Conway’s effort was rewarded with picture-perfect postcard scenery, dashing diesels, and roads routing along the Union Pacific right-of-way for his final day in Colorado. […]
Charlie continues his chase into Colorado’s Rocky Mountain Range. The destination for Day Two is the historic Moffat Tunnel, where Union Pacific and Amtrak trains take turns powering through the East Portal. […]
Charlie continues his chase into Colorado’s Rocky Mountain Range. The destination for Day Two is the historic Moffat Tunnel, where Union Pacific and Amtrak trains take turns powering through the East Portal. […]
Our Charlie Conway skates away from a sunny day of skiing to explore the railroad action along the former Denver & Rio Grande Western (now Union Pacific) main line routing through Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, not around them! […]
Our Charlie Conway skates away from a sunny day of skiing to explore the railroad action along the former Denver & Rio Grande Western (now Union Pacific) main line routing through Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, not around them! […]
In a view from the fireman’s seat on one Western Pacific train, FTs on another enter the siding at lonely Reynard, Nev., in October 1951. Norman Holmes photo […]
Rio Grande F3 diesels grind upgrade at Mitchell, Colo., a mile east of the summit of Tennessee Pass, in October 1947. Two steam helpers provide assistance on the 3-percent grade. L. O. Merrill photo […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The Scale Rails of Southwest Florida Model Railroad Club has an HO scale model train layout that’s set in California and Colorado from 1955 to 1965. The club also has a freelanced N scale layout where steam locomotives share the rails with modern-era […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The Scale Rails of Southwest Florida Model Railroad Club has an HO scale model train layout that’s set in California and Colorado from 1955 to 1965. The club also has a freelanced N scale layout where steam locomotives share the rails with modern-era […]
Empty refrigerator cars race across the Union Pacific in Nebraska in the early ’50s. A UP conductor in Idaho talked his way out of a jam when his reefer train blocked a crossing, but got into trouble when he tried to enter the produce business himself. Linn H. Westcott Within any group, whether depicted in […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this Video Vault segment, host Allen Keller tours Gordon North’s Denver & Western O scale narrow gauge layout featuring numerous scratchbuilt wood structures. […]
